Resources

Recruitment of Mercenaries

The Guardian: Syrian rebel fighters prepare to deploy to Azerbaijan in sign of Turkey’s ambition

CNN: Rebels from Syria recruited to fight in conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, source says

The Washington Post: Deaths of Syrian mercenaries show how Turkey, Russia could get sucked into Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

The Wall Street Journal: Turkish-Backed Syrian Fighters Join Armenian-Azeri Conflict

Foreign Policy: Syrians Make Up Turkey’s Proxy Army in Nagorno-Karabakh

Independent: ‘We don’t even know where Azerbaijan is’: The Syrian mercenaries driven by poverty to die in a distant war

UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries: Mercenaries in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone must be withdrawn – UN experts

Indiscriminate Attacks

Human Rights Watch: Azerbaijan: Unlawful Strikes in Nagorno-Karabakh

Reuters: Possible war crimes committed in Nagorno-Karabakh, U.N. rights boss says

Human Rights Watch: Azerbaijan: Cluster Munitions Used in Nagorno-Karabakh

Amnesty International: Armenia/Azerbaijan: Civilians must be protected from use of banned cluster bombs

Human Rights Watch: Unlawful Attacks on Medical Facilities and Personnel in Nagorno-Karabakh

Use of White Phosphorous

Independent: ‘I want the world to ban these weapons’: Treating the white phosphorous victims of the Nagorno-Karabakh war

France 24: Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of using phosphorus bombs

DFRLab: Satellite imagery shows environmental damage of reported white phosphorus use in Nagorno Karabakh

Willful Killing of Armenian POWs and Civilians

BCC News: Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: ‘Execution’ video prompts war crime probe

The Guardian: Two men beheaded in videos from Nagorno-Karabakh war identified

Abuse of Armenian POWs and Civilians

Human Rights Watch: Azerbaijan: Armenian Prisoners of War Badly Mistreated

Human Rights Watch: Survivors of unlawful detention in Nagorno-Karabakh speak out about war crimes

Human Rights Watch: Azerbaijan: Armenian POWs Abused in Custody

Destruction of and Attacks on Cultural and Religious Artifacts

Human Rights Watch: Azerbaijan: Attack on Church Possible War Crime

The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Artsakh: Ad Hoc Public Report – The Armenian Cultural Heritage in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh): Cases of Vandalism and at Risk of Destruction by Azerbaijan

Los Angeles Times: Armenian monuments are at risk in Azerbaijan. L.A. artists make their own to keep memory alive

The National Interest: Now that Azerbaijan Controls Nagorno-Karabakh, Are Medieval Churches in the Crosshairs?

Smithsonian Magazine: Why Scholars, Cultural Institutions Are Calling to Protect Armenian Heritage

The Guardian: The ceasefire agreement with Azerbaijan comes with great risks for Armenia

The Wall Street Journal: Cultural Heritage in the Crosshairs Once More

 

Genocide Warning

Genocide Watch: Genocide Emergency Alert: Azerbaijan’s Invasion of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh)

Genocide Watch: Genocide Emergency Alert on the War in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)